About Holiday Inn Ashford Central, an IHG Hotel
Holiday Inn Ashford Central, an IHG Hotel is a down-to-earth hotel set in a converted 17th-century barn, one mile from Ashford’s town centre.
Guest rooms boast simple decor. Flat screen TV with satellite channels, tea and coffee facilities, hairdryer, desk and direct dial phone are standard. There is a charge for Wi-Fi in the standard guest rooms.
Holiday Inn Ashford-Central features a tennis court and 24-hour lounge. Free parking, 24-hour room service, multilingual staff, dry cleaning and laundry facilities, business centre, concierge, complimentary computer use and free Wi-Fi in the public spaces are a plus.
The Junction Restaurant serves breakfast and dinner only, featuring continental cuisine. The Bybrook Tavern, open 24-hours, offers cocktails, a bar menu, coffee and hot drinks. For lunch, try the nearby Bybrook Farm Harvester which offers traditional British fare and with a grill menu.
Chilham Castle, Kent Downs, Bibbenden Vineyard and Canterbury Cathedral are a short drive away.
Positive Reviews
positive:
Location, Location, location.
Whether you are just passing through or in the area for a few days, the location of Holiday Inn Ashford Central makes for a great place to hang your hat. It’s close to lots of local attractions and just two miles from the Ashford International Station. In
positive:
There are extra outlets.
There are extra electrical outlets by the desk, which is great if you have multiple devices that need to be charged. This also makes it convenient to get some work done if you are travelling for business.
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This is a non-smoking hotel.
This is a non-smoking hotel which is great if you don’t imbibe and are happy to check in to a room that is free of the stale, acrid smell of second-hand smoke.
Negative Reviews
negative:
The restaurant doesn’t serve lunch.
The hotel’s restaurant is open for breakfast and dinner only which can be a bit of a hassle. Luckily, there are plenty of restaurants nearby which are open all day long including the nearby Bybrook Farm Harvester, which is a great place to dine with the e
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There’s a charge for Wi-Fi.
There is a fee to have Wi-Fi in the standard guest rooms which can be problematic if you don’t want to incur this extra expense. However, it’s good to know that the Wi-Fi is free in the business centre and other public spaces.
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The hotel needs a facelift.
Although Holiday Inn Ashford-Central is quite charming from the outside, the inside is quite a different story. The guest rooms and corridors could really use a facelift, as could the furnishings and bathroom fixtures, carpeting and drapes.